Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Director:

George Roy Hill

Writer:

William Goldman (written by)

Release Date:

24 October 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Crime | Drama | Western

Tagline:

Just for the fun of it!

Plot:

Two Western bank/train robbers flee to Bolivia when the law gets too close.

Plot Keywords:

Bolivia | Train | Posse | 1890s | Remake

Awards:

Won 4 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Paul Newman	...	Butch Cassidy
Robert Redford	...	The Sundance Kid
Katharine Ross	...	Etta Place
Strother Martin	...	Percy Garris
Henry Jones	...	Bike Salesman
Jeff Corey	...	Sheriff Bledsoe
George Furth	...	Woodcock
Cloris Leachman	...	Agnes
Ted Cassidy	...	Harvey Logan
Kenneth Mars	...	Marshal
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Macon
Jody Gilbert	...	Large Woman Train Passenger
Timothy Scott	...	News Carver
Don Keefer	...	Fireman
Charles Dierkop	...	Flat Nose Curry
Pancho Córdova	...	Bank Manager (as Francisco Cordova)
Nelson Olmsted	...	Photographer (as Nelson Olmstead)
Paul Bryar	...	Card Player #1
Sam Elliott	...	Card Player #2
Charles Akins	...	Bank Teller
Eric Sinclair	...	Tiffany's Salesman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Douglas Bank	...	Citizen (uncredited)
Larry Barton	...	Citizen (uncredited)
Rico Cattani	...	Bank Guard (uncredited)
José Chávez	...	Bolivian police commander (uncredited)
Dave Dunlop	...	Gunman (uncredited)
Jill Hall	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Percy Helton	...	Sweetface (uncredited)
Buck Holland	...	Posse member (uncredited)
Jack Isbell	...	Posseman (uncredited)
Enrique Lucero	...	Guard in the 1st Bolivian bank (uncredited)
Jorge Russek	...	Bolivian army officer (uncredited)
José Torvay	...	Bolivian bandit (uncredited)

Directed by
George Roy Hill

Writing credits
William Goldman		(written by)

Produced by
John Foreman	....	producer
Paul Monash	....	executive producer
Paul Newman	....	co-executive producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Burt Bacharach

Cinematography by
Conrad L. Hall		(director of photography) (as Conrad Hall)

Film Editing by
John C. Howard
Richard C. Meyer

Art Direction by
Philip M. Jefferies		(as Philip Jefferies)
Jack Martin Smith

Set Decoration by
Chester L. Bayhi
Walter M. Scott

Makeup Department
Edith Lindon	....	hair stylist
Daniel C. Striepeke	....	makeup artist (as Dan Striepeke)
Jay Sebring	....	hair designer: Paul Newman (uncredited)

Production Management
Lloyd Anderson	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steven Bernhardt	....	assistant director
Michael D. Moore	....	second unit director (as Michael Moore)

Sound Department
David Dockendorf	....	sound (as David E. Dockendorf)
William Edmondson	....	sound (as William E. Edmondson)

Special Effects by
L.B. Abbott	....	special photographic effects
Art Cruickshank	....	special photographic effects

Stunts
M. James Arnett	....	stunt double: Paul Newman (uncredited)
M. James Arnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Eldon Burke	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Chambers	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Matt Connors	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Couch	....	stunts (uncredited)
Howard Curtis	....	stunt double: Paul Newman (uncredited)
Howard Curtis	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Finnegan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mickey Gilbert	....	stunt double: Robert Redford (uncredited)
Mickey Gilbert	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Lerner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ben Miller	....	stunts (uncredited)
Danny Sands	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dean Smith	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Norm Stephens	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Zendar	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Lawrence Schiller	....	special still photographer
Harold E. Wellman	....	photographer: second unit
Earl L. Clark	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Thomas Del Ruth	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Dave Friedman	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Edward Hutton	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Harry Sundby	....	chief electrician (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Diana Wilson	....	key costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Hugh K. Cummings	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Burt Bacharach	....	conductor
Jack Hayes	....	orchestrator
Leo Shuken	....	orchestrator
Bob Bain	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (uncredited)
Jim Martell	....	transportation coordinator (uncredited)

Other crew
Robert Crawford Jr.	....	dialogue coach
John Neuhart	....	graphic montage
Ron Preissman	....	assistant to producer
Lynn A. Aber	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Stanley Bielecki	....	publicity and marketing (uncredited)
'Chema' Hernandez	....	head wrangler: Mexico (uncredited)
Annabelle King	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Arvo Ojala	....	gun coach (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Campanile Productions (produced by)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1976) (USA) (TV) (pan/scan)
• CBS/Fox (1995) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• CBS/Fox (198?) (Argentina) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Magnetic Video (198?) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• CBS/Fox (199?) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• CBS/Fox Video (199?) (Japan) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (1995) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (special edition)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (2-disc special edition)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• 20th Century Fox (1970) (France) (theatrical)
• Fox Films (1970) (1983) (Finland) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (VHS)
• Encore Entertainment (19??) (UK) (video) (laserdisc)
• Encore (UK) (laserdisc)
• FS Film Oy (????) (Finland) (DVD)
• Fox Video (199?) (USA) (VHS) (laserdisc)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1995) (2001) (Finland) (TV)
• TV3 (1986) (1988) (Finland) (TV)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (Canada) (DVD) (special edition)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (1997) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Glenn Advertising  main title
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)  this picture made under the jurisdiction of (as I.A.T.S.E.)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color | Black and White (Sepiatone)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Iceland:L | Norway:12 (video rating) (1983) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2000) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2000) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Argentina:13 | South Korea:15 | Brazil:12 | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | France:U | Norway:16 (1969) | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG (1974 re-release) | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Campanile Productions

Trivia:

With nine wins it currently holds the record for the British Academy Awards (BAFTAs). It won for picture, actor (Robert Redford), actress (Katharine Ross, direction (George Roy Hill, screenplay, cinematography, film editing, sound and score.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the river, Butch says to Sundance, "You're choking me! You're choking me!" although they're apart at this point. Could be explained by speed-of-sound time lapse.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Butch Cassidy: What happened to the old bank? It was beautiful.
Guard: People kept robbing it.
Butch Cassidy: Small price to pay for beauty.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "SGU Stargate Universe: Time (#1.8)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN' ON MY HEAD

One word.....Excellent

I can remember seeing this movie, at the Colony Theater in Portsmouth Virginia, when it was first released. Since then, I've seen it at least 30 times, most recently last night. In my humble opinion, Paul Newman & Robert Redford made an excellent movie twosome 30 years ago [and expanded on it a few years later, in The Sting]. In reading the reviews submitted about this movie it makes me happy to see that most of the people agree with my opinion. How could you not like these characters, along with Etta, "those guys" following them and eventually Strother [who will always be remembered for his "what we have here is a failure to communicate" in Cool Hand Luke] Martin? Not to mention the scenes where Etta enters the picture, when Butch has to fight Logan, when they have to jump in the water and, of course, the ending sequence of events. I won't say "they don't make them like they used to", but this one is a keeper. And if you agree with my evaluation, and have a DVD player, watch the DVD that has interviews, etc., to give you an even better picture of this excellent movie.